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At the Olympics that launched Sugar Ray Leonard and the Spinks brothers, the award for the outstanding boxer of the Games went to Howard Davis, Jr. It almost didn't happen. Three days before his first fight in the 1976 Olympics at Montreal, Davis' mother died. She was 37. Davis' first inclination was to abandon the Olympic dream and go home to his family. He had a change of heart when he recalled the promise he'd made to his mom. "I remembered my mother's last words to me before I got on the plane: With a smile on her face, she said, 'You better bring home that gold.' " He did, impressively enough in dominating the lightweight division...

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